[indiana-discuss] Installing over serial console

Shawn Walker swalker at opensolaris.org
Thu Nov 1 08:09:41 PDT 2007


On 01/11/2007, Tyler Spivey <tspivey at pcdesk.net> wrote:
> Can this preview be installed over a serial link? I got as far as
> logging in and su'ing to root, but can't find the installer to launch
> it. I assume it's called installer or something, but the only thing that
> sounded like it would work was install-lan, which just returned me to a
> bash prompt. The gnome GUI installer isn't an option, because I am blind
> and rely on a screen reader. If this cannot be installed through a text
> interface, can this be worked on in a future version?

This initial preview does not yet provide text-based installation
support. That will come in a future version and is definitely planned.
Thanks for trying!

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